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An engineered methylation pattern persisted for four generations of mice, demonstrating transgenerational epigenetic inheritance can occur in mammals.

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Doubts Raised Over Whether Mice Can Truly Inherit Immunity

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Protein Mediates Non-Genetic Inheritance of Growth Strategies

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Mitochondrial Stress Is Passed Between Generations

How C. elegans Transmit Stress Signals to Offspring

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Legendary Child Psychiatrist Michael Rutter Dies

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Bianca Jones Marlin Traces How Sensory Inputs Shape the Brain

Image of the Day: Neural Branching Gene

Recent Trials for Fragile X Syndrome Offer Hope

Genes that Are Harmless on Their Own Cause Disease When Combined

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Worm Parents Pass on Behaviors Epigenetically to Offspring

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Classic Mechanism of Epigenetic Inheritance Is Rare, Not the Rule

Opinion: The Central Dogma of Mitochondrial Genetics Needs Rewriting

Fathers Can Pass Mitochondrial DNA to Children

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Icelanders’ Genomes Hint at Origins of Genetic Diversity

Enzyme Required for Mitochondrial Genome Destruction

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How Cysteine Depletion Drives Cells to Burn Fat 

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Fragments of Lyme Disease Bacteria Linked to Liver Dysfunction

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Universe 25 Experiment

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Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

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The Holy Grail Hunt in De Novo Antibody Design

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Weaving the Fabric of Cancer Research with Synthetic DNA

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Enhancing Elution of Plasmid DNA

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Maximizing Lentivirus Recovery

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